Crown Castle call it Sheffield
MA
Not sure how old the map is, but like I said, according to the current transmitter database nothing exists called Crosspool. It may have been known as that in the past, but no longer.
Steve in Pudsey posted:
I have said several times in this thread that I fully accept that it is called the Sheffield transmitter - and that the sign outside says as much, , but it is also "known as" both Tapton Hill and Crosspool.
However I won't accept your argument, which consists simply of you saying "it isn't called that - fact" as outweighing the evidence of a map produced by the BBC which names to it in black and white as Crosspool as linked at the top of the page.
However I won't accept your argument, which consists simply of you saying "it isn't called that - fact" as outweighing the evidence of a map produced by the BBC which names to it in black and white as Crosspool as linked at the top of the page.
Not sure how old the map is, but like I said, according to the current transmitter database nothing exists called Crosspool. It may have been known as that in the past, but no longer.
MS
Got to say that Steve and Katherine are right. My recollections are that for TV it was always "Sheffield", BBC Radio Sheffield knew it as "Tapton Hill".
As all the locals knew the place as Crospool, friendly Radio Hallam referred to the mast as such - as in "this is where to point your VHF radio aerial towards if you want stereo reception". In those opening days of ILR, promoting good stereo reception was IBA mandated, and tended to produce more descriptive local names for TV transmission sites with generic names. Bearing in mind that much of Sheffield was Holme Moss FM territory for everything else, including Radio Sheffield, getting directional areials pointed at Crosspool will have been a high technical priority for them.
I distinctly recall having a conversation with some Sheffield friends in the mid-70's, the subject being are "Tapton Hill" and "Sheffield" one and the same, the only broadcast related site that they knew about was "up at Crosspool", mind you most everything else they knew about was pubs.
If you need a definitive historical answer on this, then why not email Keith Skues, and just tune in to Radio Norfolk between 2200 and 0100.
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Not sure how old the map is, but like I said, according to the current transmitter database nothing exists called Crosspool. It may have been known as that in the past, but no longer.
Got to say that Steve and Katherine are right. My recollections are that for TV it was always "Sheffield", BBC Radio Sheffield knew it as "Tapton Hill".
As all the locals knew the place as Crospool, friendly Radio Hallam referred to the mast as such - as in "this is where to point your VHF radio aerial towards if you want stereo reception". In those opening days of ILR, promoting good stereo reception was IBA mandated, and tended to produce more descriptive local names for TV transmission sites with generic names. Bearing in mind that much of Sheffield was Holme Moss FM territory for everything else, including Radio Sheffield, getting directional areials pointed at Crosspool will have been a high technical priority for them.
I distinctly recall having a conversation with some Sheffield friends in the mid-70's, the subject being are "Tapton Hill" and "Sheffield" one and the same, the only broadcast related site that they knew about was "up at Crosspool", mind you most everything else they knew about was pubs.
If you need a definitive historical answer on this, then why not email Keith Skues, and just tune in to Radio Norfolk between 2200 and 0100.
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A former member
May I point out that there are three transmitters on Tapton Hill in Crosspool. The biggest one is "The Sheffield Transmitter" because it transmits signals all over the city. I don't know what the other two are for - but they have a much shorter range and don't reach all over the city. They're all known as Crosspool because of their location. That's why the television one is better known as "The Sheffield Transmitter", because Crosspool could mean all three.
SP
I think it might be best to let this drop - I'm sorry I brought this up again 
That said, I think we are now more or less in agreement that the site is referred to by several names?
That said, I think we are now more or less in agreement that the site is referred to by several names?